Pete Rose

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Peter Edward Rose (born April 14, 1941) is an American former professional baseball player and manager. He is also known as "Charlie Hustle" (born April 14, 1941).

Rose served in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1963 to 1986, and from 1984 to 1989. Rose was a switch hitter and is the all-time MLB leader in hits (4,256), games played (3,562), singles (3,215), and outs (10,328).

He has earned three World Series rings, three batting titles, one Most Valuable Player Award, two Gold Gloves, and the Rookie of the Year Award, as well as 17 All-Star appearances at an unequal five positions (second baseman, left fielder, third baseman, and first baseman).

Rose was a champion of both of his Gold Gloves in 1969 and 1970 when he was an outfielder. Rose was suspended with perpetual ineligibility from baseball in August 1989, his first year as a manager, three years after retiring as a player; allegations that he gambled on baseball games while playing for and managing the Reds; allegations of wrongdoing also included allegations that he bet on his own team.

The Baseball Hall of Fame officially voted to exclude those on the "permanently ineligible" list from induction in 1991, having previously barred such players from the list by informal agreement among voters.

Rose admitted in 2004 that he bet on baseball and on the Reds after years of public denial.

Rose's potential reinstatement and election to the Hall of Fame is tense in baseball. ESPN concluded its own probe into Rose on June 22, 2015, finding that he had bet on baseball while still a player-manager.

The findings of the probe were made public and revealed Rose's bets on baseball.

The records of one of Rose's associates had been confiscated by federal investigators in the United States.

Rose is the only individual to be placed on the ineligible list by mutual agreement.

Early life

Rose was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on April 14, 1941, one of four children born to Harry Francis "Pete" and LaVerne Rose. As a child, he was a member of Order of DeMolay and was encouraged by his parents to partake in sports.

Rose played baseball and football at Western Hills High School. Despite being small for his age, he secured the starting running back position on his freshman football team. Rose was dismissed and lost interest in his studies as soon as he was not promoted to the varsity football team in his sophomore year. Rose's teachers announced that he would either have summer school or be postponed until the end of the year. Pete's father figured it would be better for him to complete a year of school rather than missing a summer of baseball. Pete will also grow physically stronger over the course of a year.

When Rose turned to his senior year, he had used up his four years of sports experience. He joined the Dayton Amateur League in the spring of 1960, he was sponsored by Frisch's Big Boy of Lebanon, Ohio. He played catcher, second base, and shortstop, as well as a.626 batting average. If not for the assistance of his uncle Buddy Buddy, this may not have been the pinnacle of Rose's baseball career. Bloebaum, a "Bird dog" scout for the Reds, pleaded guilty and was charged with the murder of his nephew. The Reds, who had recently traded away a number of prospects that turned out to be very good, decided to take a chance on Rose. He got a professional job after graduating from high school.

Personal life

Rose married Karolyn Englehardt on January 25, 1964, and the couple had two children, daughter Fawn (b. Pete Rose Jr. (b. 1964) and his son Pete Rose Jr. (Revised, 1969). In 1980, the couple divorced. In 1978, a paternity lawsuit was filed charging Rose as the father of Morgan Erin Rubio. Rose acknowledged that Rubio was his daughter in a 1996 settlement of the case.

In 1984, Rose married Carol J. Woliung, his second wife. They have two children, Tyler (b.) & Son Tyler (b.). Cara (b. 1984), and her daughter Cara (b. 84). (89), who was born just two days before Rose's banishment from baseball was lifted. In March 2011, Rose filed for divorce from Carol. The 69-year-old Rose cited irreconcilable inconsistable differences in the split, but his petition did not include any additional information. Rose did not provide a date for their separation. Rose was attempting to purchase all memorabilia and other items from before the marriage, according to documents submitted in the lawsuit.

Rose began a Playboy model when she was separated from his second wife. "My girl has finally decided to shoot for Playboy," Rose said during a 2009 interview, and we're thrilled to hear about it." Pete Rose: Hits & Mrs., a 2013 reality series starring Rose and Kim and his two stepchildren Cassie and Ashton premiered on TLC on January 14, 2013. Since 2011, Rose and Kim have been engaged. They appeared in a national Sketchers commercial, which aired during the 2014 Super Bowl.

Both of Rose's children have lived in public spaces. Cara has performed on television shows as well as appearing in the first season of the soap opera Passions and playing a regular role on Melrose Place. She goes by the stage name "Chea Courtney." Pete Rose Jr., his older brother, played in minor leagues for 16 years before moving to the majors once more in 1997.

"Rose, he knows he's such a credit to the game," Pete Rose was quoted in the lyrics of Billy Joel's album "Zanzibar" from 1978 on his 52nd Street album: "But the Yankees have dominated the headlines every time." Rather than performing of Rose as "a credit to the sport," Joel jokes that he will "never make the Hall of Fame," when he renamed it "Hall of Fame" during a concert in Cincinnati.

Rose's income as a result of several paid public appearances and autograph signings as of March 2014. These include appearances in Cooperstown, New York, around the time of the Hall of Fame's induction week-end each year. Although Rose does not stay at the Otesaga Resort Hotel with other baseball fans and is unable to attend the ceremonies, many fans assemble for his autograph.

In July 2016, Rose filed a defamation lawsuit against attorney John M. Dowd after Dowd said in a radio interview the previous summer that Rose had committed statutory rape. A legal document involving Rose had been published in July 2017 with a sworn statement implying that she had had a sexual encounter with a minor in the 1970s. In light of the latest rumors, the Philadelphia Phillies has postponed his planned Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame parade. When all parties came to an agreement, a judge dismissed the defamation complaint on December 15, 2017.

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Playing career

Don Blasingame, the Reds' regular second baseman, strained a groin muscle during a spring training game against the Chicago White Sox in 1963; Rose had a chance and made the most of it. After Rose sprinted to first base after drawing a walk, Whitey Ford gave him the derisive name "Charlie Hustle" during another spring training game against the New York Yankees. Despite (or perhaps because of) Ford's intended appearance, Rose adopted the word as a badge of honor. After Rose, playing in left field, attempted to reach a Mantle home run that was about a hundred feet over his head, Ford's teammate (and best friend) Mickey Mantle claimed that Rose gave Rose the nickname. "Hey, Mick, did you see ole Charley Hustle out there trying to catch the ball," Ford said when he returned to the dugout. "I'm going to miss you."

Rose made his major league debut against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Crosley Field on April 8, 1963, and drew a walk in his first plate appearance. Rose was hit for his first Major League game on April 13, a triple off Pittsburgh's Bob Friend, after going 0-for-11. He earned the National League Rookie of the Year Award for the year and received 17 of 20 votes.

Rose joined the United States Army Reserves in 1963 after the 1963 baseball season. He was sent to Fort Knox for six months of active service, followed by six years of attendance with a 478th Engineering Battalion USAR unit at Fort Thomas, Kentucky. He was a platoon guide at Fort Knox and graduated from United States Army Basic Training on January 18, 1964, a week before his marriage to Karolyn Englehardt. Rose stayed at Fort Knox to assist his sergeant in the next platoon's preparations and to assist another sergeant in the fort's baseball team. Rose started as a business cook, but later in his Fort Thomas service, so he could leave early enough to participate in Reds home games. Johnny Bench, Bobby Tolan, and Darrel Chaney were among the Reds' unit's key players.

Rose's first base on an error in the ninth inning of a scoreless game against the Houston Colt.45's, on April 23, 1964, when the Houston Colts defeated the Houston Colt.45's. In the bottom of the ninth inning, the Colt.45s lost the game, while Ken Johnson became the first pitcher to lose a complete game no-hitter. Rose rose late in the season and was suspended; he finished with a.269 average. Rose played with Leones del Caracas' squad in the Venezuelan Winter League in order to develop his batting skills during the 1964–1965 offseason. Rose came back in 1965, leading the league in hits (209) and at-bats (670), finishing sixth in NL MVP voting. It was the first of his ten seasons with 200-plus hits, and his.312 batting average was the first of nine consecutive seasons. In 1966, he hit a career-high 16 home runs, then shifted from second base to right field the next year.

Rose began the season with a 22-game hitting streak and missed three weeks (including the All-Star Game) with a broken thumb, then had a 19-game hitting streak late in the season. He had to start the season 6-for-9 to knock off Matty Alou of the Pirates and win the first of two close NL batting-title matches with a.335 average. He came in second second second place for the NL MVP award, behind St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson, who received six first place votes.

Rose set a career-best 16 homers in 1969 and tied for his best-batting average (3.48). With 218 hits, walking 88 times, and pacing the league in runs with 120, the Reds' leadoff man. He hit 33 doubles and 11 triples, drove in 82 runs, slugged.512 (by far the highest mark in his long career) and had a.432 OBP, his second highest mark in his career). Despite Pittsburgh's Roberto Clemente's going 4-for-4 in the final game, Rose's 1-for-4 was good enough for the title; Clemente.345.

On July 14, 1970, when Rose was involved in one of the most famous games in All-Star Game history, the brand-new Riverfront Stadium had only been open for only two weeks. Rose singled and advanced to second on another single by the Los Angeles Dodgers' Billy Grabarkewitz, despite battling the California Angels' Clyde Wright in the 12th inning. Jim Hickman of the Chicago Cubs was first pushed squarely to center. As Rose barreled over Fosse to score the winning run, Amos Otis' throw passed past Cleveland Indians catcher Ray Fosse. Fosse's fractured and broken shoulder went undiagnosed until next year. Fosse hit for average and ended the season at.307, but with reduced energy. He had 16 home runs before the break, but only two after. He played for the Indians until the 1972 season but never reached his first-year figures. Rose also had to miss three games due to a bruised knee.

Rose led the league with 230 hits and a.338 batting average in 1973, winning the NL MVP award and leading "the Big Red Machine" against the New York Mets in a series.

Rose was on first base when Joe Morgan struck a double play ball to Mets first baseman John Milner during Game 3 of the series. In an attempt to break up the double play, Rose slid into second base. This triggered a brawl between Mets shortstop Bud Harrelson that culminated in a bench-clearing brawl. The game was almost called off when the Reds took the field after the Shea Stadium crowd threw objects at Rose from the seats. Sparky Anderson, the Reds' head coach, had to pull his team off the field until order was restored. Willie Mays, Tom Seaver, Cleon Jones, and Rusty Staub were summoned by NL President Chub Feeney to calm the fans. Despite Rose's.381 batting average in the series, including his eighth-inning home run to tie Game One and his 12th-inning home run to win Game Four, the Reds lost the game, 9–2 and the NLCS, 3–2.

The Cincinnati Reds of the 1970s earned the nickname "the Big Red Machine" as one of the greatest franchises in baseball history. Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, and Tony Pérez, all of Rose's musicians, was regarded as one of the team's leaders.

In 1975 and 1976, Rose was a major factor in the Reds' triumph, from outfield to third base. The Reds and then-manager Don Heffner attempted to convince Rose to third base earlier in his career, but Rose chafed at the change and it was soon dismissed. Sparky Anderson, knowing how Rose would react if he was going to be forced to leave, asked him if he would do it for the team's good. Rose nodded immediately. This move made it to a third base and helped the Reds to solidify the team for the two championship seasons by making room for power hitting outfielder George Foster. In 1975, Rose received World Series MVP recognition for her role as the Reds' first championship since 1940, a seven-game victory over the Boston Red Sox. In the seven games, Rose led the team with ten hits and a.370 batting average. He was named Hickok Belt as the year's top professional athlete and as the recipient of the Sports Illustrated magazine's "Sportsman of the Year" award.

He was a major factor in the Reds' resurgent as World Series champions the following year. The 1976 Reds defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in the best-three-of-five NLCS, followed by a four-game sweep of the Yankees in the World Series. The 1976 team remains the only team since the playoff expansion in 1969 to go undefeated in the postseason, and the Reds franchise hasn't lost a World Series game since 1975 (wins in game seven in 1975, and four-game sweeps in 1976 and 1990).

Rose became the 13th player in major league history to face Steve Rogers in front of 37,823 fans at home field Riverfront Stadium on May 5, 1978.

Rose singled out in the first inning off Cubs pitcher Dave Roberts on June 14, 1978, in Cincinnati; he would come to a dead draw in every game until August 1, the first time he had been unchallenged for 37 years. The streak began quietly, but by the time it had reached 30 games, the media became aware, and a team of reporters followed Rose and the Reds to every game. Rose was hitless going into the eighth inning as he walked on July 19 in a match against the Phillies. In the ninth inning, his team was trailing and the streak seemed to be over, but the Reds batted through their entire lineup, giving Rose another opportunity to bat. Rose defeated Ron Reed and dropped a flawless bunt single to stretch the streak to 32 games.

Willie Keeler's 1897 single-season National League record of 44 games came to an end, but the Atlanta Braves' Gene Garber came to a close on August 1 when he struck out Rose in the ninth inning. Garber decided not to face Rose with a fastball since two outs and a 2-2 count. Rose took full advantage of Rose's demise by throwing him an off-speed pitch out of the strike zone, which Rose swung at and missed. After the game, Rose was livid. He blasted Garber and the Braves for treating the situation "like it was the ninth inning of the seventh game of the World Series." "I said to myself, 'Thanks, Pete,' Garber made the remark as a compliment. "I try to pitch every time I'm in a game."

The Philadelphia Phillies had won the National League East three years (1976–78), two of which were won with 101-win seasons, but they were unable to make it to the World Series. When the Phillies signed Rose to a four-year, $3.2-million contract as a free agent, they suspected him of being the best-paid athlete in team sports, and they temporarily made him the highest-paid athlete in team sports. Rose made the final position change of his career when he moved to first base, with perennial All-Star Mike Schmidt firmly established at third base.

Although the Phillies missed the postseason in Rose's first year with the team, they did win three division titles (one in the first half of the strike was cut in 1981), two World Series appearances, and their first World Series title (1980) in the ensuing four years (1980).

In 1983, Rose had his worst season of his career, which was also the season when the Phillies won their second World Series in four years. During the second part of the 1983 season, the 42-year-old Rose batted only.245 with 121 hits and found himself benched. Rose did blossom as a pinch-hitter, with eight hits in 21 at-bats, a.381 average.

During the NLCS against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Rose bounced back, batting.375 (6-for-16) and.312 (5-for-16) in the World Series against the Baltimore Orioles. In the first two games in Baltimore, Rose went 1-for-8 and was suspended for game three in Philadelphia, but he grounded out in a pinch-hitting appearance. In a pre-game interview with ABC Sports' Howard Cosell, Rose opposed boss Paul Owens' decision to suspend him. Rose bounced back with four hits in his final seven at-bats in his remaining two games, but the Orioles won the series, four games to one.

In late October 1983, Rose was released from the Phillies with unconditional leave. Rose's 1984 job was intended to be retained by the Phillies' administration, but he refused to commit to a more limited playing role. He signed a one-year deal with the Montreal Expos just months after. Rose doubled off the Philadelphia Phillies' Jerry Koosman for his 4,000th career hit on April 13, 1984, becoming the second player in the 4,000 hit franchise (joining Ty Cobb). Rose played 95 games with the Expos, totaling 72 hits and 23 RBIs while batting.259. He was traded back to the Reds for infielder Tom Lawless on August 15, 1984.

Rose was immediately named player-manager after rejoining the Reds, succeeding Vern Rapp as boss. Despite his.259 average for the season prior to joining the Reds, he went.365 for the Reds in 26 games (with 35 hits and 11 RBIs), ending with a.286 overall average, which was a 41-point increase over the 1983 season. In addition, Rose led the Reds to a 19–22 record for the remainder of the season. Although the role was once common, to date Rose is the last person to serve as a player-manager in Major League Baseball.

Rose earned his fourth hit on September 11, 1985, breaking Ty Cobb's all-time hits record with his single to left-center field off San Diego Padres pitcher Eric Show. Cobb's final hit total was 4,191, according to MLB.com, although independent study has revealed two of Cobb's hits were counted twice. In the first inning of a Reds' 5–5 called game against Chicago on September 8, it has been suggested that Rose actually broke Cobb's record against Reggie Patterson with a single. Rose was named Athlete of the Year by ABC's Wide World of Sports for the first year after Cobb broke Cobb's record. Rose scored a total of 4,256 runs before his last at-bat appearance, defeating Rich Gossage of San Diego on August 17, 1986.

During Rose's 1985 search of Cobb's record, Deadspin reported that the bats were corked. The bats were x-rayed and discovered the telltale signs of corking by two sports memorabilia collectors who owned Rose's game-used bats from the previous season. Rose had never used corked bats before.

In a study for ESPN: The Magazine, Rose was discovered to have a connection with Tommy Gioiosa, a gold's Gym's chairman who rose out with in suburban Cincinnati that sold steroids in the late 1980s. He first encountered Rose in 1978 in spring training and befriended him. Rose became a companion and runner to him over the next six years before introducing Rose to his gym in 1984. Rose is said to have considered shooting to boost his bat speed near the end of his career, but Gioiosa told Gioiosa that it was "too late to try something new." Attempts to inform Rose about her participation in the gym fell on dead ends. Gioiosa was later discovered to be the one individual who made his bets and later found guilty of selling 110 pounds of cocaine in the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana area while also filing a fraudulent tax return that contained claims of a winning gambling ticket that had actually been Rose's.

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